Andrés Antonio Ayub Valenzuela (born 1 January 1982) is an amateur Chilean

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, who competes in the men's super heavyweight category. Ayub became the first Chilean wrestler in history to compete at the Summer Olympics at the

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. He qualified for the men's 120 kg class, after placing second from the Pan American Qualification Tournament in

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. He received a bye through to his round of sixteen match, before losing out to Georgia's

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, who was able to score four points in two straight periods, leaving Ayub without a single point. He won a silver medal at the

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in the Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg event.

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* * * * * * 1982 births Living people Chilean male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Chile Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2015 Pan American Games Martial artists from Santiago, Chile Pan American Games silver medalists for Chile Pan American Games silver medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games 20th-century Chilean people 21st-century Chilean sportsmen {{Chile-wrestling-bio-stub